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EP04 May 29, 2026The Stoics Predicted Modern Anxiety
Stoic practice keeps failing — not from lack of discipline, but because the attention it requires is being systematically taken. Watch the full episode.
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EP03 Tech & Human Nature May 23, 2026Why We Can't Focus Anymore — It Was Predicted in 1971
Our focus didn't collapse by accident. An economist predicted the attention economy in 1971 — fifty years before we lived it. Watch the full episode.
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EP02 Health & Body May 9, 2026Why Sitting Is a Civilisational Problem, Not a Fitness One
Your gym session doesn't undo a nine-hour desk. Inactivity physiology explains why sitting is its own biological problem — separate from fitness. Watch the full episode.
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EP01 Society & Modern Life April 26, 2026Why Did We Make Life So Complicated?
More choices, more speed, more everything — and yet something feels off. Barry Schwartz, the Stoics, and Thoreau all saw this coming. Watch the full episode.
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